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i think we've heard from john mccain, for example. his concern about making sure that the high physical fitness standards are kept, and i agree. i think in some of these jobs that do require a great amount of physical fitness, those standards should not be compromised. if women are in an ability to meet those standards, they should be allowed to serve. >> congresswoman, thank you for being with us this morning. aloha, as you say. i appreciate it the time. >>> we're going to obviously keep talking about the pentagon, they're going to make that announcement this afternoon at 1:30. >>> ahead this morning on "starting pointing" we're going to get some insight on it from the general spider marks. also victoria clarke is former assistant secretary of defense and public affairs. she'll join us as well. >>> then we'll take a sneak peek at football commercials and also tell you the story of a baby born with her heart outside the chest. an amazing story of survival. your not going to want to miss that. we're back in just a moment. aveeno has an
i think we've heard from john mccain, for example. his concern about making sure that the high physical fitness standards are kept, and i agree. i think in some of these jobs that do require a great amount of physical fitness, those standards should not be compromised. if women are in an ability to meet those standards, they should be allowed to serve. >> congresswoman, thank you for being with us this morning. aloha, as you say. i appreciate it the time. >>> we're going to...
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she did not get into it with mccain. i think the approval ratings you are seeing for hillary clinton is because she has transcended politics. she has been secretary of state, a states woman working and we all see she has worked herself into the point of exhaustion on behalf of our country. once you come back into the political fray and you are opining on divisive political issueatize iss it is a complete different ball game. >> it is physically demanding. anna talks about the travel she does. she was traveling the world. she has everything covered here. but she is going to be 69 years old in 2016. that was the same age of ronald reagan when he was elected. if joe biden were elected he would be the oldest elected. >> you can't avoid that issue. they have answers to it and certainly hillary clinton would because there is precedents with ronald reagan and dwight eisenhower. i think it would be more difficult for joe biden. i wouldn't say it is an insurmountable obstacle. >> i want to go to republicans 2016. i wonder if this
she did not get into it with mccain. i think the approval ratings you are seeing for hillary clinton is because she has transcended politics. she has been secretary of state, a states woman working and we all see she has worked herself into the point of exhaustion on behalf of our country. once you come back into the political fray and you are opining on divisive political issueatize iss it is a complete different ball game. >> it is physically demanding. anna talks about the travel she...
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i know senator mccain cares about it, i offered to sit down with senator mccain and you and others and work this through. i think in fact senator whitehouse asked to see some folks at the white house to talk about this. but we need to change assaad's calculation. right now president assad doesn't think he's losing and the opposition thinks it's winning. that is not an equation that allows you to reach some accommodation for transition. the goal of the obama administration, i think the goal of the international community, is to affect some kind of orderly transition. now, it's complicated by the fact that now a second envoy has been engaged after kofi annan's efforts, and both have found an intransigence on the part of the opposition to be willing to negotiate a departure. the russians have indicated, and i've had personal associations, which indicated a russian willingness to in fact see president assaad lead but they have a different sense of the timing and manner of that. our hope, my hope, would be that if confirmed and when i get in there, to have an ability to really take the temp
i know senator mccain cares about it, i offered to sit down with senator mccain and you and others and work this through. i think in fact senator whitehouse asked to see some folks at the white house to talk about this. but we need to change assaad's calculation. right now president assad doesn't think he's losing and the opposition thinks it's winning. that is not an equation that allows you to reach some accommodation for transition. the goal of the obama administration, i think the goal of...
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lou: if i may, susan rice, going out, senator mccain took note on september 15, on 5 sunday talk shows, the secretary today, was rather flip ant, i thought, in saying, going on sunday talk shows is not her favorite thing. as if that would be the first condition that would have to be met for her it tracy th addressn people, she assumed no responsibility, no engage. in the process, your thoughts? did she refuse to do so? and you know, how in the world do you deal with the reality a u.n. ambassador lied to the american people. >> my take on the sunday shows that president, white house, the campaign for president's reelection wanted a political operative on those talk shows that give a political message, not a real message, that had to do with our national security and terrorism in the world, susan rice was very willing to be that political operative, that is her history, that is the role she wanted to continue to play with this administration in that campaign. lou: as we wrap this up. it appears we're in agreement, that nothing new was learned today in this process, we watched a process t
lou: if i may, susan rice, going out, senator mccain took note on september 15, on 5 sunday talk shows, the secretary today, was rather flip ant, i thought, in saying, going on sunday talk shows is not her favorite thing. as if that would be the first condition that would have to be met for her it tracy th addressn people, she assumed no responsibility, no engage. in the process, your thoughts? did she refuse to do so? and you know, how in the world do you deal with the reality a u.n....
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let's bring in senator john mccain. he joins us from capitol hill. >> good morning. >> steve: it looks like fewer people are out of work, or they've given up looking. what do you make of that number? >> i think it's obviously some improvement. however slight. but i don't think anyone would disagree that the economy continues to stumble along. there are some good signs out there. the housing market for the first time is really showing some significant improvement. i think if this xl pipeline is agreed to buy bithe president that, could put us on the path to that and natural gas assets that we are now able to exploit. i think there are some prospects out there. but if you continue to debt and the deficit, 51,000 for every man, woman and child in america now, sooner or later, we're going to crash. and people are not going to invest in an economy that we are not addressing, nor did the president in his inaugural address, and i'll bet he doesn't in the state of the union address, talk about the fundamental problems with the
let's bring in senator john mccain. he joins us from capitol hill. >> good morning. >> steve: it looks like fewer people are out of work, or they've given up looking. what do you make of that number? >> i think it's obviously some improvement. however slight. but i don't think anyone would disagree that the economy continues to stumble along. there are some good signs out there. the housing market for the first time is really showing some significant improvement. i think if...
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. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain supports the kerry nomination. but he again criticized president obama for not taking stronger action against the assad regime. >> we are sowing the wind in syria, and we're going reap the whirlwind. and that whirlwind will be the increased presence of al-qaida and islamist groups, which are now flooding into syria, as you know. and we can do a lot more without putting american boots on the ground, and we can prevent this further slaughter and massacre and inhumanity. otherwise, we will be judged very, very harshly by history. >> i have complete understanding of where you're coming from on this and knowing your frustration and know what you're trying to say about it. what i think everybody worries about, john, is that if you have a complete implosion of the state, nobody has clear definition of how you put those pieces back together, number one. and number two, you have a much greater risk with respect to the chemical weapons. now, that's why i want to get in and see what the contingency plans are because i can't m
. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain supports the kerry nomination. but he again criticized president obama for not taking stronger action against the assad regime. >> we are sowing the wind in syria, and we're going reap the whirlwind. and that whirlwind will be the increased presence of al-qaida and islamist groups, which are now flooding into syria, as you know. and we can do a lot more without putting american boots on the ground, and we can prevent this further...
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. >> senator mccain. >> thank you. again, thank you for allowing me the honor of introducing you to the committee and i look forward to many of our spirited conversations that we have had for many years. i didn't want to bring it up but since it was brought up, i have to respond again. americans do care. they do care. they do care why four americans were murdered and they do care why the american people were misled. they were misled by the talking points that the sec -- that secretary rice told the american people which were false. they were misled when the information that we needed to know about how those talking points were put together, which we still don't know the answers to, many months later. we were misled when it was -- when we were not allowed to -- when we don't -- still haven't gotten answers why there was not better security at the consulate when there was clear indications of the threat. we were misled when we were not told that there was a request for the 16-member security force to remain at the consul
. >> senator mccain. >> thank you. again, thank you for allowing me the honor of introducing you to the committee and i look forward to many of our spirited conversations that we have had for many years. i didn't want to bring it up but since it was brought up, i have to respond again. americans do care. they do care. they do care why four americans were murdered and they do care why the american people were misled. they were misled by the talking points that the sec -- that...
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. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain supports the kerry nomination. but he again criticized president obama for not taking stronger action against the assad regime. >> we are sowing the wind in syria, and we're going reap the whirlwind. and that whirlwind will be the increased presence of al-qaida and islamist groups, which are now flooding into syria, as you know. and we can do a lot more without putting american boots on the ground, and we can prevent this further slaughter and massacre and inhumanity. otherwise, we will be judged very, very harshly by history. >> i have complete understanding of where you're coming from on this and knowing your frustration and know what you're trying to say about it. what i think everybody worries about, john, is that if you have a complete implosion of the state, nobody has clear definition of how you put those pieces back together, number one. and number two, you have a much greater risk with respect to the chemical weapons. now, that's why i want to get in and see what the contingency plans are because i can't m
. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain supports the kerry nomination. but he again criticized president obama for not taking stronger action against the assad regime. >> we are sowing the wind in syria, and we're going reap the whirlwind. and that whirlwind will be the increased presence of al-qaida and islamist groups, which are now flooding into syria, as you know. and we can do a lot more without putting american boots on the ground, and we can prevent this further...
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. >> ifill: republican john mccain pressed clinton on why u.s. consular staff evacuated from libya to germany weren't questioned sooner. >> i categorically reject your answer to senator johnson about, well, we didn't ask these survivors, who were flown to ramstein the next day, that they-- that this was not a spontaneous demonstration. to say that it's because an investigation was going on-- the american people deserve to know answers, and they certainly don't deserve false answers. so here we are, four months later, and we still don't have the basic information. now, if you want to go out and tell the american people what happened, you should at least have interviewed the people who were there instead of saying, no, we couldn't talk to them because an f.b.i. investigation was going on. >> well, senator, i understand your very strong feelings. you knew chris. you were a friend of chris. you were one of the staunchest supporters of the efforts to dislodge qaddafi and try to give the libyan people a chance. and we just have a disagreement. we have
. >> ifill: republican john mccain pressed clinton on why u.s. consular staff evacuated from libya to germany weren't questioned sooner. >> i categorically reject your answer to senator johnson about, well, we didn't ask these survivors, who were flown to ramstein the next day, that they-- that this was not a spontaneous demonstration. to say that it's because an investigation was going on-- the american people deserve to know answers, and they certainly don't deserve false answers....
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here is an exchange between the secretary and john mccain yesterday. [video clip] >> why is it the administration still refuses to provide the full text with the deletion of terrorism in the talking points? why do we care? because of the classified ever mission had been included, it is an entirely different version of events to the american people. going to the american people to tell them what happened, then you ought to have your facts al qaeda iscluding a decimated and our embassies are secure. here we are four months later and we still do not have the basic information. if you want to go out and tell the american people what happened, you should at least have interviewed the people who were there. instead of saying, no we cannot talk to them because an fbi investigation was going on. host: front page. our next call is an independent from ohio. caller: good morning. i have two. . first, there is no doubt in my mind what happened was muddied for political reasons. if you refuse to associate with a government that plays politics when their allies in t
here is an exchange between the secretary and john mccain yesterday. [video clip] >> why is it the administration still refuses to provide the full text with the deletion of terrorism in the talking points? why do we care? because of the classified ever mission had been included, it is an entirely different version of events to the american people. going to the american people to tell them what happened, then you ought to have your facts al qaeda iscluding a decimated and our embassies...
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the tone was pretty much set by arizona senator john mccain. >> should he be confirmed, and i'm confident he will be, i'm sure we will have our disagreements which i know neither of us will hesitate to bring to the other's attention. but i know he will acquit himself in that office with distinction and use his many talents and his indefatigable persistence to advance our country's interests. and i commend his nominationing to you -- his nomination to you without reservation. >> reporter: at this point senators seem to think that john kerry will be our next secretary of state. he is not believed to be one of the more controversial nominations, and so perhaps they will save their fight for a more controversial pick. uma? uma: looks like smooth sailing for the senator. thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. jon: well, our military faces a major transformation. the pentagonner shoe -- issuing a statement officially lifting a ban against women fighting on the front lines. right now we are waiting to hear from defense secretary panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on a de
the tone was pretty much set by arizona senator john mccain. >> should he be confirmed, and i'm confident he will be, i'm sure we will have our disagreements which i know neither of us will hesitate to bring to the other's attention. but i know he will acquit himself in that office with distinction and use his many talents and his indefatigable persistence to advance our country's interests. and i commend his nominationing to you -- his nomination to you without reservation. >>...